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Conveying & accumulation

Sweetening your medicine

A new auger filler/checkweighing system allows Canadian pharmaceutical manufacturer to double its output and incorporate a new formulation onto its line.

August 31, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

Ball inspects becausePepsi expects quality

On-line machine vision system helps Ball's Chino, CA, plant deliver high volumes of PET bottles to Pepsi-Cola's California bottlers.

August 31, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

Print-and-apply units compute for Bay Networks

Computer peripheral maker/distributor Bay Networks doubles throughput at its Sunnyvale, CA, distribution center with an automated print-and-apply labeling system and networked computer software systems.

August 31, 1997

Cartoning

Blister packer feeds three different tablets for Amway

Amway's Nutrilite Div. blister-packs three dissimilar, tough-to-feed vitamin tablets on one blister card. New equipment provides substantial savings over contract packaging.

August 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Tape dispenser

Series 2990 Noise Reducer Tape Dispenser from Sekisui TA (Garden Grove, CA) is ergonomically designed. Made of a lightweight combination of metal and plastic, it features a non-slip grip for durability.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Product monitoring

MonitorMark(TM) Time and Temperature Indicators from 3M (Minneapolis, MN) monitor products with 79°F storage temperature thresholds and feature a high-contrast indicator that turns blue when exposed to rising temperatures.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Extended line of bottles

The PET Packer line from Waddington IP Jaycare (Carlstadt, NJ) has expanded its family of bottle sizes. The new sizes are 250, 300, 400 and 500 cc, bringing the total to nine sizes, from 75 to 500 cc.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

L-clip tape sealer

SoftPack (Commack, NY) has introduced an automatic L-Clip tape sealer for chipboard boxes. The Automatic L-321 applies short-length L-clips of narrow p-s tape to one or two opposite sides of a chipboard box.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Vacuum sealer

The MPV18 vacuum sealer from Seco Industries (Montebello, CA) is an impulse seal system said to cost less than the least expensive fixed-nozzle system, but with the benefits of a retractable nozzle.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Label dispenser

Imtec's (Bellows Falls, VT) LabelKwik(TM) label dispenser dispenses p-s labels for hand placement onto containers or products. It dispenses die-cut and butt-cut labels ranging in size from 0.125" x 0.25" to 9" x 6".

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Reusable container

For "too-long-to-fit" parts, a 19"-high HDPE extended-length reusable container was developed for a custom application but now is generally available from Ropak's Materials Handling Group (Georgetown, KY).

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Bottles and caps

M & H Plastics (Beccles, Suffolk, England) has released a supplement to its main brochure. The supplement contains over 70 new items, including bottles, caps and jars, bringing the total number of stock bottles and caps to over 350.

July 31, 1997